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Re:Using Python helped YouTube ship features faster than Goo... by thisisit on Monday March 26, 2018 @01:42AM (#16676871)
No QA and not even a lengthy release process. The question always is - Are you done with the programming? Go release it.

Additionally, people are more tolerant of mistakes made by small companies. Features stopped working? Maybe couple of people will complain.

Google's features stopped working? Media, bloggers.. everyone will have an opinion on why this happened and how to resolve it.

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Re:Using Python helped YouTube ship features faster than Goo... by megy on Monday March 26, 2018 @02:06AM (#16676970)
On the other hand, Youtube messes up, people will notice within seconds. Google Video stuffs up, it might takes weeks before anyone notices.
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Re:Using Python helped YouTube ship features faster than Goo... by justonepost on Monday March 26, 2018 @04:37AM (#16677508)
Startups are generally more tolerant of failure and half baked code. Googlers, who have lived there whole lives achieving perfection in school, not so much. I see this all the time at big companies that hire 4.0 GPA from ivy leagues.
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Re:Using Python helped YouTube ship features faster than Goo... by fwdpropaganda on Monday March 26, 2018 @10:06AM (#16678966)
Let me guess. You're not a 4.0 GPA from an Ivy League, are you?
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